[JmOz01]

So my Hacker friend is confused, and I can't answer his question.  How does one get a comlink with stats in the 7-10 range.  We see the system, Firewall rules for it, but can't find how to get it so it can have such high programs (As the best we can do is a rating 4+2=6).  What are we missing?

[WSN0W]

War! has all that super militech stuff.

[JmOz01]

My thanks.  May have to pick up the book, or at least the add on to Hero Lab...

[Mirikon]

War! has all that super militech stuff.

Milspec commlinks are also insanely expensive, and have availabilities that start in the mid to high 20s. What's good about this is that you won't see too many of those being used against you, unless you've SEVERELY screwed up.

[JustADude]

War! has all that super militech stuff.

Milspec commlinks are also insanely expensive, and have availabilities that start in the mid to high 20s. What's good about this is that you won't see too many of those being used against you, unless you've SEVERELY screwed up.

And at that point you've got other things to worry about, like guys in Heavy Milspec Armor.

[TheNarrator]

Milspec commlinks are also insanely expensive, and have availabilities that start in the mid to high 20s.

The exception being the Battle Buddy Basic, which is probably the best stock commlink available to a starting character (Response, Signal, Armored Case and EMP Hardening all at Rating 5, Availability 8R) and quite a bargain at 10,000 nuyen.

But any hardware or software with a Rating 7 or better is way beyond the reach of a starting character, and rather expensive to boot.

[KarmaInferno]

Also, ratings above 6 degrade. Which to me is stupid, since you're paying an exorbitant fee for stuff that'll lose it's special rating in a couple of months, but thems the rules.


-k

[_Pax_]

I looooove the Battle Buddy Basic, even if it's name is stupid. 

[TheNarrator]

I looooove the Battle Buddy Basic, even if it's name is stupid. 

As do I. Great commlink, and very reasonable for an ex-military or merc character to have.

[CanRay]

I looooove the Battle Buddy Basic, even if it's name is stupid. 

"Why the hell couldn't they have named it something more military, like the M1 Commlink, or, I don't know, the Puma?"  "What did we tell you about make fictitious animal names again?"  "THE PUMA IS REAL!!!"

[_Pax_]

I looooove the Battle Buddy Basic, even if it's name is stupid. 

As do I. Great commlink, and very reasonable for an ex-military or merc character to have.

And for a serious hacker.  "Surplus MilSpec", plus it has the stats and features to suit.

[JustADude]

I looooove the Battle Buddy Basic, even if it's name is stupid. 

As do I. Great commlink, and very reasonable for an ex-military or merc character to have.

And for a serious hacker.  "Surplus MilSpec", plus it has the stats and features to suit.

And, as a note for "Serious Hackers", the best bet is the Renraku Suterusu, rather than the Transys Cybernaut, for getting optimum performance once you have money to spend on upgrading from the Battle Buddy Basic.

The Cybernaut costs 32,250¥ more than the Suterusu, and you'll still have to pay to upgrade either one to reach Response 10, which is going to cost 192,000¥ regardless of which one you upgrade from.

The only difference is that the Suterusu is going to cap out at Signal 9 (12,500¥), vs Signal 10 (17,250¥) for the Cybernaut. That means, in essence, you pay an extra 37,000¥ for one extra point of Signal. With that hefty chunk of change, you could afford to buy ECCM 6 with the Ergonomic option and still have over 30,000¥ left over to put towards Exploit 10.